The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

September to October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 42.3 Resigned Emigdio Duarte Figueroa Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Sep 67.7 Died Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

2 Sep 88.9 Died Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa † Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola

3 Sep 61.5 Installed Blase Joseph Cupich Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

4 Sep 86.6 Died Francis Gerard Brooks † Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

48.9 Ordained Bishop Gintaras Linas Grušas Bishop of Lithuania, Military Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Titular Archbishop of Tuscania Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

50.4 Appointed Giorgio Lingua Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

5 Sep 42.6 Ordained Bishop Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

6 Sep 60.1 Resigned Isidore Battikha, B.A. Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

7 Sep 49.7 Ordained Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

56.6 Ordained Bishop Robert Walter McElroy Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

8 Sep 59.2 Ordained Bishop Frank Richard Spencer Titular Bishop of Auzia Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

9 Sep 48.4 Ordained Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Naratcata Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

94.1 Died Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia

56.7 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini Titular Bishop of Bida Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia

11 Sep 55.8 Ordained Bishop José Chittooparambil, C.M.I. Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India

69.5 Appointed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

76.7 Retired Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Sep 61.6 Installed Luigi Moretti Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

14 Sep 51.7 Appointed Gerard Paul Bergie Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

68.7 Ordained Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy Titular Bishop of Timidana Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

59.0 Ordained Bishop Peter John Uglietto Titular Bishop of Thubursicum Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

89.9 Died Francis Mansour Zayek † Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA

15 Sep 56.5 Ordained Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

72.9 Appointed Ignacio Carrasco de Paula Titular Bishop of Thapsus President of Life, Roman Curia

79.0 Retired Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Heraclea Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University

77.1 Retired Dominique Kimpinde Amando Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. Bishop of Korea, Military

16 Sep 76.7 Retired Alexander Joseph Brunett Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Archbishop Emeritus

72.2 Died Victor Adibe Chikwe † Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

58.3 Appointed James Peter Sartain Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

17 Sep 45.1 Ordained Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil

18 Sep 50.0 Ordained Bishop Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen Titular Bishop of Tunnuna Bishop of Breda, Netherlands

46.5 Ordained Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil

52.3 Ordained Bishop Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts Titular Bishop of Uccula Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

56.4 Ordained Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Abaradira Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

19 Sep 209.6 Beatified Bl. John Henry Newman, C.O. † Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri

20 Sep 72.2 Resigned Ignatius Anthony Catanello † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

86.2 Died Jakob Mayr † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

21 Sep 68.6 Died Bernard Genoud † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

75.0 Retired Gabriel Kembo Mamputu Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

84.3 Died James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

49.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil Titular Bishop of Lares Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankarese)

56.9 Succeeded Daniel Nlandu Mayi Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

22 Sep 55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

55.7 Appointed Giovanni d’Aniello Apostolic Delegate to Laos Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

24 Sep 61.2 Appointed David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

46.4 Appointed Daniel Fernández Torres Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico

66.7 Appointed John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)

75.1 Retired Anthony Frederick Tonnos Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

78.2 Retired Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

25 Sep 46.5 Installed Sebastião Lima Duarte Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil

47.4 Ordained Bishop Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria

26 Sep 56.5 Installed Guglielmo Borghetti Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy

46.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain

29 Sep 79.6 Died Armindo Lopes Coelho † Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

1 Oct 78.0 Died Charles Caruana † Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar

51.4 Succeeded Mark Davies Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

75.1 Retired Emile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

74.5 Retired Brian Michael Noble Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

40.3 Succeeded Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P. Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

42.3 Ordained Bishop John Wong Soo Kau Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Archbishop

2 Oct 58.2 Appointed Vito Angiuli Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

56.4 Appointed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

68.4 Installed Giacomo Lanzetti Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy

81.0 Retired José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

78.6 Retired Rodolfo Quezada Toruño † Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

78.5 Retired Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.0 Appointed Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. Archbishop of Guatemala

3 Oct 49.3 Installed Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankarese)

5 Oct 90.2 Died Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador

6 Oct 76.0 Retired Guy A. Sansaricq Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

7 Oct 71.9 Resigned Fabio Betancur Tirado † Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired Paul Josef Cordes President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, President Emeritus

76.2 Retired Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M. Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

66.1 Appointed Mauro Piacenza Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

63.2 Succeeded Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia

65.3 Appointed Robert Sarah Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

8 Oct 61.0 Appointed Douglas Regattieri Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

9 Oct 73.0 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula Titular Bishop of Thapsus President of Life, Roman Curia

60.0 Ordained Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Heraclea Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University

67.9 Ordained Bishop William R. Fey, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

54.3 Ordained Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador

50.5 Ordained Bishop Giorgio Lingua Titular Archbishop of Tuscania Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan

58.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. Titular Archbishop of Obba Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

54.2 Ordained Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria

10 Oct 49.8 Installed Antônio Braz Benevente Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

58.8 Ordained Bishop Denis Moutel Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

87.2 Died Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

11 Oct 50.7 Appointed Emidio Cipollone Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy

76.5 Retired Carlo Ghidelli Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.6 Installed Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa Bishop of Bilbao, Spain

47.5 Appointed Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

66.0 Appointed Cesare Nosiglia Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy

77.6 Retired Severino Poletto Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

12 Oct 85.1 Died Jorge Ardila Serrano † Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia

58.4 Ordained Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipolini Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

14 Oct 43.9 Resigned Oscar Cantú Apostolic Administrator of San Antonio, Texas, USA Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

53.8 Appointed Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

15 Oct 56.5 Installed Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

62.0 Ordained Bishop Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

60.6 Appointed Jose Serofia Palma Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

79.7 Retired Ricardo Jamin Vidal Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

16 Oct 65.6 Appointed Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

83.8 Died Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile

68.5 Resigned Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

17 Oct 58.8 Installed Jacques André Blaquart Bishop of Orléans, France

79.9 Died Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuân † Bishop of Cân Tho, Viet Nam

60.7 Succeeded Stephanus Tri Buu Thiên Bishop of Cân Tho, Viet Nam

18 Oct 75.1 Retired Richard John Sklba Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Oct 79.1 Died Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil

56.7 Appointed Pedro Brito Guimarães Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil

76.3 Retired Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Sabino Ocan Odoki Bishop of Arua, Uganda

58.5 Appointed Dirceu Vegini Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil

21 Oct 65.6 Appointed José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R. Bishop of Cartago, Colombia

57.7 Appointed Diego Gualtiero Rosa, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy

73.6 Retired Michelangelo Riccardo M. Tiribilli, O.S.B. Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy Abbot Emeritus

22 Oct 52.1 Appointed Jaime Muñoz Pedroza Bishop of Arauca, Colombia

69.6 Installed Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

23 Oct 73.0 Resigned Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy Abbot Emeritus

59.7 Appointed John Gerard Noonan Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

40.5 Appointed Giordano Rota, O.S.B. Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

66.4 Installed Konrad Zdarsa Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

24 Oct 58.5 Installed Pedro Carlos Cipolini Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26 Oct 47.7 Appointed Damián Santiago Bitar Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

28 Oct 76.0 Retired Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

90.1 Died Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru

66.4 Appointed Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

50.5 Appointed Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert Bishop of Sées, France

30 Oct 99.7 Beatified Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy † Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

77.1 Retired Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D. Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

72.5 Resigned Joseph Nduhirubusa † Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Blaise Nzeyimana Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi

48.4 Appointed Jan Sobiło Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

48.4 Appointed Jan Sobiło Titular Bishop of Bulna Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

52.7 Died Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás † Bishop of Namibe, Angola

31 Oct 72.3 Installed Antoine Ganyé Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	42.3	Resigned	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa	Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Sep	67.7	Died	Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
2 Sep	88.9	Died	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
3 Sep	61.5	Installed	Blase Joseph Cupich	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
4 Sep	86.6	Died	Francis Gerard Brooks †	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Gintaras Linas Grušas	Bishop of Lithuania, Military	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
50.4	Appointed	Giorgio Lingua	Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
5 Sep	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
6 Sep	60.1	Resigned	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Sep	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Braz Benevente	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Walter McElroy	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
8 Sep	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Frank Richard Spencer	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
9 Sep	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
94.1	Died	Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Buenaventura, Colombia
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Scarpellini	Titular Bishop of Bida	Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, Bolivia
11 Sep	55.8	Ordained Bishop	José Chittooparambil, C.M.I.	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese), India
69.5	Appointed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
76.7	Retired	Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Sep	61.6	Installed	Luigi Moretti	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
14 Sep	51.7	Appointed	Gerard Paul Bergie	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
68.7	Ordained Bishop	Arthur Leo Kennedy	Titular Bishop of Timidana	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Peter John Uglietto	Titular Bishop of Thubursicum	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
89.9	Died	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
15 Sep	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Borghetti	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
72.9	Appointed	Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	President of Life, Roman Curia
79.0	Retired	Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Heraclea	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
77.1	Retired	Dominique Kimpinde Amando	Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.	Bishop of Korea, Military
16 Sep	76.7	Retired	Alexander Joseph Brunett	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
72.2	Died	Victor Adibe Chikwe †	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
58.3	Appointed	James Peter Sartain	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
17 Sep	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil
18 Sep	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen	Titular Bishop of Tunnuna	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
46.5	Ordained Bishop	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts	Titular Bishop of Uccula	Auxiliary Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Marko Semren, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 Sep	209.6	Beatified	Bl. John Henry Newman, C.O. †	Cardinal, Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
20 Sep	72.2	Resigned	Ignatius Anthony Catanello †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
86.2	Died	Jakob Mayr †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
21 Sep	68.6	Died	Bernard Genoud †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
75.0	Retired	Gabriel Kembo Mamputu	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
84.3	Died	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Titular Bishop of Lares	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankarese)
56.9	Succeeded	Daniel Nlandu Mayi	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Sep	55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Nuncio to Cambodia	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
55.7	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aniello	Apostolic Delegate to Laos	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
24 Sep	61.2	Appointed	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
46.4	Appointed	Daniel Fernández Torres	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
66.7	Appointed	John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C.	Superior of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific (Oceania)
75.1	Retired	Anthony Frederick Tonnos	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
78.2	Retired	Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P.	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
25 Sep	46.5	Installed	Sebastião Lima Duarte	Bishop of Viana, Maranho, Brazil
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria
26 Sep	56.5	Installed	Guglielmo Borghetti	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías	Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín, Spain
29 Sep	79.6	Died	Armindo Lopes Coelho †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
1 Oct	78.0	Died	Charles Caruana †	Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar
51.4	Succeeded	Mark Davies	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
75.1	Retired	Emile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
74.5	Retired	Brian Michael Noble	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
40.3	Succeeded	Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P.	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
42.3	Ordained Bishop	John Wong Soo Kau	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Archbishop
2 Oct	58.2	Appointed	Vito Angiuli	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
56.4	Appointed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
68.4	Installed	Giacomo Lanzetti	Bishop of Alba (Pompea), Italy
81.0	Retired	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
78.6	Retired	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño †	Archbishop of Guatemala	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
78.5	Retired	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Appointed	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Guatemala
3 Oct	49.3	Installed	Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Syro-Malankarese)
5 Oct	90.2	Died	Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Napo, Ecuador
6 Oct	76.0	Retired	Guy A. Sansaricq	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Oct	71.9	Resigned	Fabio Betancur Tirado †	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	Paul Josef Cordes	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Cláudio Aury Affonso Hummes, O.F.M.	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
66.1	Appointed	Mauro Piacenza	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
63.2	Succeeded	Gonzalo Restrepo Restrepo	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia
65.3	Appointed	Robert Sarah	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
8 Oct	61.0	Appointed	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
9 Oct	73.0	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Carrasco de Paula	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	President of Life, Roman Curia
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Heraclea	Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
67.9	Ordained Bishop	William R. Fey, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
54.3	Ordained Bishop	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Lingua	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R.	Titular Archbishop of Obba	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Camillus Raymond Umoh	Bishop of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
10 Oct	49.8	Installed	Antônio Braz Benevente	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
58.8	Ordained Bishop	Denis Moutel	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
87.2	Died	Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
11 Oct	50.7	Appointed	Emidio Cipollone	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy
76.5	Retired	Carlo Ghidelli	Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.6	Installed	Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa	Bishop of Bilbao, Spain
47.5	Appointed	Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
66.0	Appointed	Cesare Nosiglia	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy
77.6	Retired	Severino Poletto	Archbishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
12 Oct	85.1	Died	Jorge Ardila Serrano †	Bishop Emeritus of Girardot, Colombia
58.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 Oct	43.9	Resigned	Oscar Cantú	Apostolic Administrator of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
53.8	Appointed	Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
15 Oct	56.5	Installed	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
60.6	Appointed	Jose Serofia Palma	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
79.7	Retired	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
16 Oct	65.6	Appointed	Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
83.8	Died	Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aysén, Chile
68.5	Resigned	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer	Apostolic Administrator of Minas, Uruguay	Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
17 Oct	58.8	Installed	Jacques André Blaquart	Bishop of Orléans, France
79.9	Died	Emmanuel Lê Phong Thuân †	Bishop of Cân Tho, Viet Nam
60.7	Succeeded	Stephanus Tri Buu Thiên	Bishop of Cân Tho, Viet Nam
18 Oct	75.1	Retired	Richard John Sklba	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Oct	79.1	Died	Francisco Batistela, C.SS.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Baia, Brazil
56.7	Appointed	Pedro Brito Guimarães	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil
76.3	Retired	Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S.	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Sabino Ocan Odoki	Bishop of Arua, Uganda
58.5	Appointed	Dirceu Vegini	Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil
21 Oct	65.6	Appointed	José Alejandro Castaño Arbeláez, O.A.R.	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
57.7	Appointed	Diego Gualtiero Rosa, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
73.6	Retired	Michelangelo Riccardo M. Tiribilli, O.S.B.	Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
22 Oct	52.1	Appointed	Jaime Muñoz Pedroza	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia
69.6	Installed	Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
23 Oct	73.0	Resigned	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B.	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
59.7	Appointed	John Gerard Noonan	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
40.5	Appointed	Giordano Rota, O.S.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
66.4	Installed	Konrad Zdarsa	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
24 Oct	58.5	Installed	Pedro Carlos Cipolini	Bishop of Amparo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Oct	47.7	Appointed	Damián Santiago Bitar	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
28 Oct	76.0	Retired	Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V.	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
90.1	Died	Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Puno, Peru
66.4	Appointed	Lionel Gendron, P.S.S.	Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
50.5	Appointed	Jacques Léon Jean Marie Habert	Bishop of Sées, France
30 Oct	99.7	Beatified	Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
77.1	Retired	Gonzalo López Marañon, O.C.D.	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
72.5	Resigned	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Blaise Nzeyimana	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi
48.4	Appointed	Jan Sobiło	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
48.4	Appointed	Jan Sobiło	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
52.7	Died	Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás †	Bishop of Namibe, Angola
31 Oct	72.3	Installed	Antoine Ganyé	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin